Ventsislav is a cybersecurity expert at SensorsTechForum since 2015. He has been researching, covering, helping victims with the latest malware infections plus testing and reviewing software and the newest tech developments. Having graduated Marketing as well, Ventsislav also has passion for learning new shifts and innovations in cybersecurity that become game changers. After studying Value Chain Management, Network Administration and Computer Administration of System Applications, he found his true calling within the cybersecrurity industry and is a strong believer in the education of every user towards online safety and security.
An extremely dangerous worm has been the main topic of discussion in the online security community lately. Known as the Koobface botnet it is a malware infection that aims to spread to as many computers as possible. As the name…
A new ransomware has been reported over security forums to encrypt massively user file s with the .73i87a extension using infected setup programs. One user reported that the downloaded setup file was different than what he believed to have downloaded…
A new referral spam network possibly originating from Russia has been identified to spam websites in the days around New Year`s Eve. The website currently features a web page saying Happy New Year to the users. The redirected traffic goes…
A Win64 trojan, detected as Trojan.Win64.Patched.qw has been reported as a high risk type of cyber threat with the potential to be devastating to your computer. The Trojan is usually distributed over infected .exe objects, spam mail, porn sites and…
A new cyber-threat has arisen from the depths of the web, classified as a browser modifier. It has capabilities to install browser extensions, modify search results, collect user information and most of all the Browser Modifier can install programs straight…
Snip(.)pl and Snip(.)tw are associated with referral spam that has been reported by spam researchers to impact data in Google Analytics. Experts strongly advise website publishers to swiftly filter out Snip(.)pl and Snip(.)tw since the domains are distributed with different…
Referral spam has been reported to link via different URLs to a website advertising a WordPress plugin, called Teslathemes(.)com. The original purpose of the plugin Is claimed to provide WordPress themes on a professional level. However, researchers report it to…
A new ad-supported browser extension has been reported to be potentially unwanted program by security experts. beautifulalendar(.)net`s browser extension has been reported to “hijack” browsers of affected users changing the default search engine to search(.)beautifulcalendar(.)net. Users who have witnessed advertisements…
A new spyware type of Trojan has been reported by Microsoft to infect user systems. The trojan is reported to create multiple files in an infected computer that have different functions. The threat is primarily reported to steal sensitive user…
A browser hijacker connected with a rogue PC optimization tool, called WinRepair Pro has been reported in cyber security forums to be setting Sefesidesearch(.)com as a home page and a new tab page. Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer…
Referral spam by a domain named HDmoviecamera(.)net and its variations have been gaining popularity lately. The domain is classified as potentially unwanted because it may make the Google Analytics data of the websites it spams become devaluated. In case you…
A new ransomware type of trojan horse has been reported to affect an increasing number of online users, encrypting their files with the .rdm extension. Affected users report that renaming the files back to their original extension and removing the…
A new ransomware that has been reported to encrypt user data with the .him0m browser extension has been spotted to affect an increasing amount of users. The ransom note is in English and is very threatening and direct, giving users…
Reports have increased In cyber security forums regarding a tech support scam appearing on user PCs on a daily basis. The scamming phone number reported is 1-800-098-830 and is believed to be associated with a fake “error 895” type of…
A new tech support scam has been reported to affect computer users on a daily basis. The tech scam`s website is known to use Blogger.com and is going by the name www(.)instanthelpforantivirus(.)blogspot(.)com. In case you see advertisements, pop-ups or are…
A banking spyware known as Telax 4.7 has been targeting mainly users speaking Portuguese, ESG malware researchers report. Users should beware of fake email messages that may claim their PayPal account has been compromised. It is highly advisable in case…
A domain going by the name Yoursites123(.)com might seem like a legitimate search engine, but uses the non-encrypted connection and was reported by ESG researchers to insert ad-supported search results. Furthermore, the analysts claim that it is connected with an…
Complaints have significantly increased regarding a suspicious website in Russian appearing randomly on their web browsers. As far as security analysts are concerned this site is heavily ad-supported featuring animated advertisements with redirects to potentially hazardous websites. Either way, in…
A new browser hijacker in the form of a browser extension for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer has been detected to change users` home and new tab pages, experts claim. The browser hijacker has been associated with…
A new scam has been reported to be released on a massive scale out into the open serving as a scareware message. The message itself aims to scare the inexperienced user that his information is unsafe and hence convince him/her…
